Supreme Court
Ex-Parte Decree Followed by Swift Revenue Mutation Raises Doubts on Bona Fides; Supreme Court Explains Scope of Order XLI Rule 27 CPC
Supreme Court Grants Anticipatory Bail to Man Accused of Criminal Conspiracy Involving Stolen Vehicle Scraps and Forgery of Documents
Omnibus Allegations Cannot Sustain Criminal Trial; SC Quashes Dowry Harassment Case Against In-Laws
Sec 66 Companies Act Does Not Require Circulation Of Valuation Report To Shareholders For Capital Reduction; Supreme Court Affirms Bharti Telecom’s Revised Share Price
Complainant’s Reliable Testimony In Trap Case Is Enough For Prevention Of Corruption Act; Supreme Court Affirms Conviction Of Income Tax Inspector In Bribery Case
Supreme Court Grants 2 weeks to BIT, Mesra for Paying Compensation of Rs. 20 Lakhs for Death of Student due to Assault on Campus
No Third-Party Interests During Pendency of Oppression Petition: Supreme Court Orders Status Quo Till NCLT’s Final Decision
Standard Of Proof In Criminal Trial Is Not ‘Maybe True’ But ‘Must Be True’; Supreme Court Upholds Acquittal From Murder
SC Denies Determination of Creamy Layer Status of OBC Candidates for Civil Services Exam Solely on Income Brackets; Affirms High Courts’ Reasoning on Discrimination
Supreme Court Grants Bail to NDPS Convict After Over Seven Years in Custody
No Proof of Absolute Ownership: Supreme Court Dismisses Mizo Chiefs’ Land Claim After Six Decades
SC Grants Bail in POCSO Case After 2 Years in Custody, Notes Consensual Relationship Between Schoolmates
Accused Implicated Only Through SIM Registered in His Name; Supreme Court Grants Bail in NDPS Case
Finality of Auction Not Absolute: Supreme Court Upholds Re-examination of Property Valuation in Recovery Proceedings
Bombay High Court
Intention To Warehouse & Subsequently Re-Export Shall Not Cure Illegality Of Initial Import; Bombay HC Upholds Customs Seizure Of Prohibited FMCG & Cosmetics
Elder vs Elder Pharma Trademark Dispute: Bombay HC Vacates Ex-parte Injunction & Grants 1 Lakh Cost for Deliberate Nondisclosure
‘Bribe’ Is Covered Under ‘Proceeds Of Crime’; Bombay High Court Deprecates Belated Challenge To Arrest As An Attempt To Circumvent Bail Provisions Of Sec 45 PMLA
Bombay High Court Sets Aside Conviction in 6-Year-Old Assault Case; Remands Matter to Sessions Court for Examination of Key Witnesses
Foreign Award Becomes Decree Only After Positive Declaration Under Sec 49 Arbitration Act; Bombay HC Explains Remedy Under Sec 9 For Enforcement Of Award
Bombay High Court: Refund For One Tax Period Cannot Be Adjusted Against Dues Of Another After Settlement Payment
Bombay HC: Failure to Acquire Land After Purchase Notice Leads to Deemed Lapse of Reservation Under Section 127 MRTP Act
Bombay High Court: Moratorium Under Sec 96 IBC Has No Effect On Properties Attached Under MPID Act, 1999, Absent Debtor-Creditor Relationship With State
Part of Same Transaction; Bombay High Court Restores Counterclaim in Specific Performance Suit
Delhi High Court
AO Wrongly Deviated From Previous Year’s Sec 197 Tax Withholding Certificate; Delhi HC Orders Presumptive Taxation On Offshore Seismic Surveys For ONGC
Arbitral Tribunal Cannot Rewrite Contract To Convert Deliberately Chosen Fixed Charge Into Variable One; Delhi HC Quashes Award Based On Business Efficacy
Deputationist Legally Repatriated to Parent Department Cannot be Considered for Absorption in Borrowing Department; Delhi HC Rejects Plea Against BSF
Patent Suit Is Vulnerable To Revocation On Ground Of Obviousness; Delhi HC Refuses Interlocutory Injunction To Novo Nordisk For Anti-Diabetic Drug ‘Semaglutide’
Delhi High Court Permanently Injuncts Crocodile International From Infringing Copyright Of Lacoste’s Standalone Saurian Trademark & Emblem
Delhi High Court Upholds Injunction Against Kent RO; Affirms Prior User Protection Under Section 34 of Trade Marks Act
Delhi HC Issues Summons to Delhi Municipal Council in Dispute Regarding Payment for Maintenance of Taj Mahal Hotel and SeleQtions Connaught Hotel
Delhi High Court Restrains Unauthorised Usage And Installations Of Bentley’s Copyright In STAAD & SACS Software Programs
Power Under Section 11 RP Act is Extraordinary and to Be Exercised Sparingly; Delhi High Court Upholds ECI’s Refusal to Reduce Electoral Disqualification
Delhi High Court Quashes Registration of ‘Naukriyan.Com’ Being Deceptive To ‘Naukri.Com’
Delhi High Court Rejects Volkswagen’s Objections To ‘TRANSFORMOTION’ Trademark Of Maruti Suzuki; Refutes Claim Of Phonetic/ Visual Similarity To ‘4Motion’ Mark
Mere Phone Connectivity Not Incriminating Without Evidence of Conversation; Delhi HC Grants Bail in NDPS Case
Delhi HC Acquits Murder Convict for Unreliable Testimony of Sole Eye-Witness; says Trial Court Ignored Material Contradictions
Delhi HC: Obligation of Central Bureau of Narcotics to Register Poppy Seeds Import Contract Arises Only After Reflection by Turkish Grain Board
Anti-Arbitration Injunctions Are ‘Rare’: Delhi HC Refuses to Halt London Arbitration Between SARR Freights and Argo Coral Maritime
Setting Aside Trial Court Order Does Not Reflect on Judge’s Competence, Integrity, or Ability: Delhi High Court
Gujarat High Court
Gujarat High Court: Unutilized ITC Can Be Transferred Across States Pursuant to NCLT-Approved Amalgamation
Gujarat HC: Compensation For Transfer & Extinguishment Of Exclusive Marketing Rights Are Capital Receipts, Not Chargeable To Income Tax
Himachal Pradesh High Court
Liability To Compensate Gratuitous Passenger Rest Solely With Vehicle Owner; Himachal Pradesh High Court Negates MACT’s Action Invoking ‘Pay And Recover’ Doctrine
Kerala High Court
Insurance Policy Excludes Fraudulent Use Of ATMs; Kerala High Court Relieves New India Assurance Company From Indemnifying Losses Caused To Federal Bank
Karnataka High Court
Non-Disclosure Of Loan In Tax Returns Cannot Disprove Existence Of Legally Enforceable Debt; Karnataka HC Upholds Conviction Of Former MLA In Cheque Dishonour Case
Madhya Pradesh High Court
‘Furnishing Incorrect Information in Nomination Paper Amounts to Corrupt Practice’; MP HC Quashes Panchyat Election Results and Directs Re-Notification of Elections
MP High Court Declares Ramniwas Rawat as MLA; Mukesh Malhotra’s Election as Null and Void over Concealment of Criminal Cases
Punjab & Haryana High Court
‘Prompt Enforcement of Recovery Mechanism under SARFAESI Act Paramount for Liquidity in System’; Punjab & Haryana HC Rules in Favour of AU Small Finance Bank
Rajasthan High Court
‘Asking for Filing Revised Returns Without Incriminating Material is Illegal’; Rajasthan HC Quashes Notice u/S. 153A Against B&B Mercantile
District Court
Defective Jeep Wrangler: Delhi State Consumer Commission Directs Fiat India to Replace Vehicle or Refund ?69.49 Lakh
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CCI Dismisses ‘Abuse of Dominance’ Allegations Against BookMyShow Over Seat Reservation and Convenience Fee Revenue Sharing
Tribunals
No Misreporting Where Adjustment Not Made Despite Full Disclosure Due to Inadvertent Error: Hyderabad ITAT Quashes Penalty Under Section 270A
Major Relief To NDTV; Delhi ITAT Partly Deletes Transfer Pricing Adjustment of 22 Lakh Over Significant Differences In Comparable Analysis
ITAT: Contractual Rebate Offered By Builder For Timely Payment Will Not Constitute Taxable Income For Property Purchaser
NCLT Ahmedabad: Income Tax Refunds Cannot Be Adjusted Against Pre-CIRP Dues During Moratorium Under IBC
Delhi ITAT Allows Section 80IC Profit-Linked Tax Deduction to Perfetti Van Melle for Rudrapur Manufacturing Unit
ITAT: Charitable Trust Registration Cannot Be Cancelled Solely Because Income Benefits Specified Persons
States Can’t Impose Entertainment Tax On DTH Services Post-GST; GSTAT Directs Tata Play To Deposit Profiteered Sum Of Rs. 450 Cr In Consumer Welfare Fund
Roundup
Weekly Bulletin [2nd – 8th March, 2026]
News
Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi declares ?2,558 crore assets, ?374 crore income in Rajya Sabha affidavit
Indian Institute of Arbitration and Mediation Hosts IIAM Excellence Awards for Women on International Women’s Day 2026
Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Seeking Full Newspaper Copies and ?10 Crore Donation by Times of India
‘Anything Left in the Supreme Court Other Than West Bengal?’: CJI Remarks During SIR Mentioning
‘Can the Court Force an Agency to Arrest You?’ SC Declines Ex-IAS Officer’s Plea on Sequential Arrests in Chhattisgarh Liquor Scam
Delhi HC Stays Trial Court’s Adverse Remarks Against CBI in Excise Policy Case; Issues Notice to Kejriwal & Sisodia
SC Rejects Victim’s Minor Brother’s Intervention Plea in Kuldeep Singh Sengar Case; Asks Him to Seek Separate Remedy
‘Courts Move Slowly for the Individual’: Experts Examine Systemic Edge of Institutional Litigants at IIDW Day 3
SC Seeks CBI, State Replies in Bail Plea of Alleged Perpetrator in Manipur Ethnic Violence Case; Lists Matter for March 24
Supreme Court Warns Against Misusing Judicial Process in PIL filed by Journalist, Against Mumbai Slum Rehabilitation Project
Supreme Court Transfers Trial of Brutal Acid Attack Case from Bhiwani to Delhi, Citing Victim’s Medical Condition
SC Approves Centre’s Decision to Extend Tenure of Tribunal Members Till Sept 8, 2026; Seeks Suggestions on Tribunal Reforms
Raise Issues Before Bombay HC; SC Declines to Intervene in Alleged ‘Dillution’ of CPCB’s POP Idol Guidelines
Police-Lawyers Clash in Kerala: Supreme Court Partially Modifies Kerala HC Directions on Police Arrests in Court Premises
Acid Attack: Sr Adv Siddharth Luthra to Represent Acid Attack Survivor Pro Bono Before Delhi HC
‘Explore Diplomatic Route’: SC Asks Centre to Engage Russia to Facilitate Child’s Video Call With Father in Viktoriia Basu Case
“The Digital Revolution in Courts Happened Out of Necessity”: Justice Arun Monga at IIDW
‘A Wonderful Connection Between Our Courts’: CJI Welcomes Sri Lankan Bar Delegation to Supreme Court
Kunal Kamra Case: SC Issues Notice in Centre’s Plea Against Bombay HC Verdict Striking Down IT Rules on Fact-Check Unit
SC Examines Plea for Equal Succession Rights for Muslim Women; Seeks Clarity on Legal Regime if 1937 Act is Struck Down
India Must Become a Global ‘Safe Harbour’ for International Dispute Resolution: Justice A.K. Sikri at IIDW Chandigarh
“Go Back To Ludhiana And Sell Sweaters”: SC Dismisses PM CARES Fund PIL, Pulls Up Petitioner For ‘Frivolous’ Plea
SC Orders Constitution of Appellate Tribunals of Former Judges in WB SIR Matter; Directs Continuous Publication Of Supplementary Lists
Delhi HC Issues Notice to Police on Protection Plea by Lawrence Bishnoi’s Lawyer After Firing Incident at Kashmere Gate
ESG Beyond Compliance: Experts Highlight Sustainability as Key to Corporate Risk Management at IIDW
Sr Adv Menaka Guruswamy Elected as a Member of the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal
Beyond FIRs: The Rise of Transnational Criminal Law in India
‘Not Choosing Death, But Ending Artificial Survival’; SC Allows Withdrawal of Life Support After 13 Years in Vegetative State
SC Criticises NCERT’s ‘Casual’ Approach in Handling of Class 8 Ch on Judiciary; Bars Authors From Future Public-Funded Academic Roles
Supreme Court Directs Centre to Frame No-Fault Compensation Policy for Adverse Events After COVID-19 Vaccination
‘Delay Will Only Increase Homebuyers’ Agony’: Supreme Court Presses CBI to Expedite Builder–Bank Fraud Probe
Delhi High Court Seeks AAI Response on PIL Challenging Use of ‘GMR’ Name at IGI Airport; Petitioner’s Locus Also Questioned
PIL Against Public Urination: Delhi HC Directs Immediate Sanitation Measures Near Ashram Metro Station, Orders Toilet Construction
Delhi Notifies Court Fees (Delhi Amendment) Act, 2026; Provides Full Refund of Court Fees on Amicable Settlement
“Social Service is Priceless”: SC Dismisses Plea Seeking ?1 Crore Fee for Cases Allegedly Filed in Defence of Former CJI Dipak Misra
Supreme Court Holds Air Force Group Insurance Society ‘State’ Under Article 12
‘Autonomy Doesn’t Mean Keeping Arbitrator in Your Pocket’; SC Rejects Bias Allegations Against SAROD Panel as ‘Misconceived’
‘Have Some Respect for War Heroes’: SC Slams Petition Challenging War Memorial
‘Approach Law Commission’; SC Refuses to Entertain Plea Challenging Muslim Gift Exemption Under TPA
Institutional vs Ad Hoc Arbitration: IIDW Panel Weighs Efficiency, Cost and Credibility in Dispute Resolution
‘Data Has Become the Real Wealth’: SC Flags Data Sovereignty Concerns in DPDP Act Challenge
DNLU Jabalpur To Host National Conference On Evolution of Arbitration in India On March 14
Sidhu Moosewala Murder Case: Supreme Court Grants Bail to Accused Pawan Bishnoi, Co-Accused Jagtar Singh
From Litigation to Mediation: IIDW Panel Discusses Evolution of ADR Practices in India
Former Bar President and Senior Advocate Kirti Uppal Writes to Delhi High Court Chief Justice Raising Concern Over Allegations of Bias Against Sitting Judge by Arvind Kejriwal
‘Investment Follows Opportunity, But Long-Term Investment Follows Trust’: Arun Chawla at IIDW 2026
‘PIL is like a Shopping Mall’; Supreme Court Refuses to Entertain Sweeping Plea Seeking Nationwide SOPs on Public Safety Issues
Supreme Court Refuses to Entertain Plea Challenging UGC 2023 Rules Along With Already-Stayed 2026 Regulations
Tirupati Laddu Controversy: SC Refuses Plea During Ongoing CBI Probe, Allows Petitioner to Submit Evidence to Agency
LegalPay to Host Webinar on Litigation Finance and Its Emerging Role in India’s Dispute Resolution Landscape
Supreme Court: Mandating Menstrual Leave May Impact Women’s Employment
Supreme Court to Examine Scope of Lokpal’s Powers in Investigation and Prosecution Under Lokpal Act
Supreme Court Steps In After 17-Year Delay in Matrimonial Appeal; Asks Patna HC to Decide Case in 3 Weeks
SC Directs 14 High Courts to Ensure Women Lawyers’ Representation in Bar Association Executive Bodies
Supreme Court Asks Centre to Revisit Yellow Peas Import Policy; Calls for Better MSP Support for Pulse Farmers
“We Were Sent to Law School, Not Medical College”: SC Declines PIL Seeking Mandatory NAT Blood Testing
Supreme Court Considers Plea to Allow OBC Status for Children Based on Mother’s Caste
‘Practice Condition Will Have to Be There’: Supreme Court to Examine Modalities of 3-Year Bar Experience Rule
Kerala HC to Examine Plea Alleging Insurers Failed to Pass GST Reduction Benefit to Policyholders
Supreme Court Develops New Software to Streamline Case Listing and Bench Allocation
Government Revokes Detention of Sonam Wangchuk Under NSA, Cites Need for Dialogue and Stability in Ladakh